Day: June 12, 2024

INVESTOR NEWS no. 44 – 12 June 2024 Ferry – freight: Total volumes in May 2024 were 6.9% above 2023 and up 3.8% adjusted for the addition of Strait of Gibraltar routes in 2024 and closure of the Calais-Tilbury route in 2023. North Sea volumes were just below 2023 partly due to lower automotive volumes following temporary plant closures. Mediterranean volumes were above 2023 driven by higher volumes on all routes. Channel volumes were above 2023 and the Baltic Sea routes likewise continued to grow volumes. For the last twelve months 2024-23, the total transported freight lane metres increased 1.6% to 40.0m from 39.3m in 2023-22. The increase was 0.3% adjusted for the addition of Strait of Gibraltar routes and the Calais-Tilbury route closure. Ferry – passenger: The number of passengers in May 2024 was 49.2% above 2023 and...

Press release Atos Group and Microsoft unite to accelerate client adoption of “RISE with SAP” on Microsoft Azure Paris, France – June 12, 2024 –Atos Group, via Eviden, its business leading in digital, cloud, big data and security, today announces a collaboration with Microsoft to launch a strategic initiative aimed at combining their expertise to accelerate adoption of “RISE with SAP” on Microsoft Azure. The collaboration will focus on establishing a Dedicated Service Unit within Eviden which will leverage the combined industry expertise of Eviden and Microsoft in the Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities and Consumer Packaged Goods industries to provide clients with specialized services focused on expediting SAP S/4HANA transformation and Microsoft Cloud adoption under the “RISE with SAP” program. This initiative will help clients around...

TAINAN, Taiwan, June 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, today announced that the Company will hold its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) in Taiwan on August 14, 2024. Details of the Annual General Meeting are below:TIME and DATE: TAIWAN 9:30 a.m., August 14, 2024   LOCATION: HIMAX FAB 2 – TAINAN CITY, TAIWAN   Shareholders will vote to adopt the Company’s 2023 Audited Accounts and Financial Reports, re-elect Mr. Yuan-Chuan Horng as an Independent Director of the Company and transact any other business brought before the 2024 AGM. A copy of the Company’s Proxy Statement has been filed with the SEC. Additionally, a copy of Himax Technologies 2023 Annual Report...

SINGAPORE, June 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Valeura Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE, OTCQX:VLERF) (“Valeura” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the completion of its acquisition of the Floating Storage and Offloading (“FSO”) vessel Aurora, on location at its Nong Yao field, offshore Gulf of Thailand. The acquisition was the result of Valeura exercising its purchase option to acquire the vessel, which it had previously leased from the seller, a member of the Omni Offshore Terminals group. The purchase price of US$19 million was funded with the Company’s cash resources, and the transaction was completed on June 11, 2024, with final handover occurring offshore, on the vessel itself. Valeura anticipates that owning, as opposed to leasing the FSO, will provide operational flexibility and allow the...

VANCOUVER, BC, June 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMERICAN SALARS LITHIUM INC. (“AMERICAN SALARS” OR THE “COMPANY”) (CSE: USLI, OTC: ASALF, FWB: Z3P, WKN: A3E2NY) announces its has completed a phase one exploration program on its Black Rock South Lithium Brine project in Nevada, that is located 11 miles north of the “Galt” claim group under option to Surge Battery Metals (CSE: NILI). Highlights58 soil samples were collected across and adjacent to the Black Rock South property Land Research was completed in the vicinity of the property and the region 63 prospecting samples were collectedSoil SamplingProject Soil sampling was completed across the property in a grid style to ensure complete coverage of theproperty. A total of 58 samples were completed at intervals of 300 meters using a shovel at a depth...

ST HELIER, Jersey, June 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc (“Caledonia” or “the Company”) (NYSE AMERICAN: CMCL; AIM: CMCL; VFEX: CMCL) announces that it has cancelled its block admission, and that no shares have, or will be, allotted pursuant to its “At the Market” or “ATM” sales agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co (the “ATM Sales Agreement”), which was announced on May 18, 2023. The Company’s Form F-3 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 dated April 26, 2021 and as amended on May 14, 2021, which enabled the Company to issue shares under the ATM Sales Agreement, expired on May 18, 2024. As a result, the block admission has been cancelled with an effective date of June 12, 2024. Caledonia gives the following information required by Schedule Six of the AIM...

Tonner Drones Publishes 2023 Annual Report and Audited Accounts & Convenes Shareholders’ Annual Meeting Cannes, 12 June 2024 Tonner Drones (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that following the board of directors’ resolution of 7 June 2024 closing the Company’s accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023, it has published its 2023 Annual Report and Audited Accounts.  These documents demonstrate the profound impact of its new management team and corporate repositioning. When new management was appointed and assumed board responsibilities on 5 June 2023, they inherited substantial Q1 and Q2 losses driven by legacy operational and financing practices.  Tonner Drones’ newly installed task-force team led the organization through a comprehensive restructuring and refinancing period, driving down the €8,83M losses experienced in the...

Press ReleaseNokia, Chorus and 2Degrees connect New Zealand’s first 25G PON customerNokia, Chorus and 2Degrees announce a pilot 25G PON project, and connect the first customer using existing fiber network assets. New Zealand’s Cherry Corp is the first customer in the country to harness the power of 25G PON. The pilot demonstrates the power of fiber to revolutionize business practices, enhancing productivity whilst reducing costs and energy consumption.12 June 2024Espoo, Finland – Today, Nokia announced that Chorus, New Zealand’s largest open-access internet infrastructure company, and 2Degrees, the country’s leading retail service provider, have activated its 25G PON solution in a live commercial network. New Zealand Cherry Corp will become the first customer to benefit from 25G PON, leveraging its capacity, latency, and reliability...

Enefit Green produced 116.1 GWh of electricity in May, which is 32.7% more than in the same period last year. The production result was mainly driven by new – both newly completed wind farms and those under construction in Lithuania, Finland and Estonia. These wind farms contributed nearly 35% of Enefit Green’s total electricity production. The average wind speeds in May were 4.9 m/s and 5.8 m/s, in Estonian and Lithuanian wind farms respectively (in May 2023, 5.1 m/s and 5.4 m/s, respectively). In Tolpanvaara wind farm (Finland) the average wind speed was recorded at 6.4 m/s.  The electricity and heat energy production of the cogeneration segment declined (by -6.7% and -9.4% y-o-y, respectively). The decline is explained by sale of biomass assets in previous quarters. Electricity and heat energy production in Iru power station grew by...